# Dairy group wants inclusive discussions on milk pricing | Capital Press

> The American Dairy Coalition said it wants a formal role in discussions on milk pricing reform. Its CEO said some dairy farmers lost millions of dollars because negative producer price differentials were deducted from milk checks during the pandemic. About 70% of farms were affected to varying degrees.

- Date: 2021-04-06 · published 2021-04-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: policy · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/47766-dairy-group-wants-inclusive-discussions-on-milk-pricing-capital-press
- Commodities: [Milk (Class III)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/MILK.md)

## Why it matters

Changes to federal order pricing would affect how much producers receive for milk and how much risk they carry. The debate itself does not change current milk prices.

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MILK | 2022-05-31 | [Dairy group seeks clarification on milk pricing changes \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41570-dairy-group-seeks-clarification-on-milk-pricing-changes-capital-press.md) | -2.9% | -3.4% |
| MILK | 2020-11-05 | [Change in Class I milk pricing proves costly \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50304-change-in-class-i-milk-pricing-proves-costly-capital-press.md) | -1.1% | -35.4% |
| MILK | 2021-05-06 | [Dairy farmer groups propose  Class III Plus for better milk pricing](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47240-dairy-farmer-groups-propose-class-iii-plus-for-better-milk-pricing.md) | -0.4% | -9.6% |
| MILK | 2020-04-07 | [Mielke: Dairy industry calls for help \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/5746-mielke-dairy-industry-calls-for-help-capital-press.md) | -1.7% | -16.9% |
| MILK | 2021-04-20 | [Industry mulls improvements to milk marketing orders \| Capital Press](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47767-industry-mulls-improvements-to-milk-marketing-orders-capital-press.md) | -0.1% | +6.7% |

## Sources

- capitalpress.com: https://capitalpress.com/2021/04/06/dairy-group-wants-inclusive-discussions-on-milk-pricing/

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